Vermin-destroying apparatus



Patented May 13, 1924.

UNllE STATES JULIUS STEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

'VERMIN-DESTROYING APPARATUS.

.Application led February 5, 1923. Serial No. 617,136.

To all 1071.077?, t may concern.'

Be 1t known that I, JULIUS STEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of the BronxV and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vermin-Destroying Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the 4principal objects which the present invention has in view are: To eX- terminate the vermin which infest articles of furniture, and especially beds; to place the material for the extermination of the vermin referred to in a position to attract said vermin; to render the preparation and handling of the apparatus easy; and to c-heapen the construction of the same.

Drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of a corner fragment of an iron mattress for a bed,

showing an apparatus of the character men-y tioned constructed and arranged in accordance therewith, attached as in service to said mattress;

Figure 2 is a detail view on enlarged scale, showing an edge view of the apparatus; a portion of the figure is cut away to show the interior construction of the apparatus.

Figure 3 is a cross section of the same, the section being taken as on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

The apparatus herein disclosed is particularly designed for the extermination of vermin which infest beds. To this end the frame 8 is provided with anchoring means, such as the soft overturning bands 9. The bands 9 when extended between the wires of the mesh 10 of the mattress may be overturned as seen best in Figure 1 of the drawings to form the support for the apparatus.

As seen best in Figure 3 of the drawings, the frame 8 has edge flanges 11 and inwardly extended therefrom sections 12, from which are formed the pans 13. The pans 13 are provided, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, and are furnished with a poison bait 14 of any desired kind, which when partaken of by the vermin destroys them. The bait 14C is intentionally constructed of a character to produce thirst in the vermin or desire to reach some form of liquid. For this purpose a well 15, which is a tubular container having ventingopenings 16 therein, is supported on the frame 8. The well15 is open at the top and is provided with laterally extending flanges 17 which rest upon the inturned and slightly dropped flanges 18 of the frame 8.

To prevent the well going dry, an absorbent pad 19 is provided in the bottom of the well 15. f

In some instances the liquidprovided for filling the well 15 has a pungent odor which eXpels or kills the vermin from or within the vicinity of the wells or apparatus.

To close the well 15 and to confine partly or wholly the odors of the liquid contained therein, a slide plate 2O is provided. The plate 2O has a series of openings 21 which are enlarged or diminished by the movement of the plate 20, thus in turn increasing or diminishing the odors permitted to escape from the well 15. The openings 21 also alford opportunity for the vermin to gain access to the well.

Claims:

l. A vermin destroying apparatus comprising a tray-like receptacle having a series of pans formed therein for holding poison bait; a liquid receptacle suspended from said tray-like member; and means for mounting the apparatus in service upon a spring mattress of a bed.

2. A' vermin destroying apparatus comprising a tray-like member having a plurality of pans formed thereon for holding poison bait; a receptacle for liquid removably mounted on said tray-like receptacle; and means for mounting the same in service upon the spring mattress of a bed.

3. A vermin destroying apparatus comprising a tray-like member having a plurality of pans formed thereon for holding poison bait; a receptacle for liquid removably mounted on said tray-like receptacle; means for mounting the same in service upon the spring mattress of a bed; and means for regulating the opening of said receptacle, said means embodying a sliding plate having openings therein to be determined by the side of the receptacle over which said plate is moved.

J ULIUS STEIN. 

